The War of the Worlds (1953)

Directed by Byron Haskin · Cinematography by George Barnes

G87 min61 frames

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The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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